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Nordrhein-Westfalen; Arnsberg; Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt
Location of affected unit(s)
Bochum
Sector
(10 - 33) Manufacturing (13 - 15) Manufacture of textiles, apparel and leather 13.9 - Manufacture of other textiles 13.92 - Manufacture of household textiles and made-up furnishing articles
171 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 September 2025
Employment effect (start)
2 September 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
As announced on 2 September 2025, the Bochum factory of the German mattress manufacturer Schlaraffia, part of the Aquinos Group, is closing. The announcement, affecting 171 employees, comes after the company filed for insolvency in July 2025 and entered liquidation proceedings.
The rights to the brand are being purchased by the EuroComfort Group, headquartered in Bocholt. The money from the sale will be used to pay the employees' salaries until the end of the year, up to the point of their termination. The employees can apply for open positions at other companies within the EuroComfort Group.
Eurofound (2025), Schlaraffia, Bankruptcy in Germany, factsheet number 203313, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203313.
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